chapter 9

- Pete's Story -

-- 1 year earlier - - summer

"18... 19... 20..." Pete let out a sigh of relief and dropped the 50 pounder.

"Trying to bulk up their Petey?" Lex said as he finished his biceps and sat down on the bench next to Pete. "Why are you pulling a 50 pounder? Your trying to swim through the water... not lift it up."

"Yeah I guess your right," Pete said as he wiped down the bench and moved to crunches. "Can't believe summers almost over, SENIOR YEAR BABY!"

Lex smiled and let out a little cheer, but he was completely preoccupied with his reflection in the full-length mirror. Pete knew Lex was a little on the narcissistic side but lately it had been getting out of hand. Lex and Pete had been working out all summer and Lex was very appreciative of the results. Pete noticed that his friend couldn't stop touching himself, he would always just lift up his tank top and rub his hands over his hairy abs, sometimes getting a little to inappropriate to be out in public. Pete Knew that's what Lex wanted to do now, but he couldn't help but look anyway. Pete always starred at Lex when he would feel himself up and flex. He never really thought much about why he looked he just did and this time he found himself getting a little hard. Embarrassed, Pete immediately stopped doing crunches and started push-ups in an attempt to hide his boner, but it was getting hard for him not to rub it. It had been 2 months since Pete had sex with his girl friend and he wanted it BAD. Every time he thought about Sarah he felt like he was going to explode. His mind would jump back to the night they spent together and before he knew it Pete's hand would be rubbing one out. This time was different though. Pete wasn't thinking about Sarah... Pete was thinking about Lex and his supposed 8-pack. He was confused why he got hard at the thought of his friends abs, but before he had time to psychoanalyze himself Lex snapped in his face and told him he was gunna hit the showers. Pete nodded his head and went back to finishing his set before joining Lex.

On his way to the showers Pete subsided erection started to perk up again and Pete was not thrilled. He had to go to work straight from the gym so not showering wasn't an option, but he could exactly walk into the showers sporting a hard on ... especially with Lex in there. So he decided to go into one of the bathroom stalls and alleviate his situation. Ignoring the grossness masturbating in a public toilet stall had in Pete's mind he was trying to picture Sarah and they night they spent together, but it wasn't working out. Maybe it was because it happened so long ago or the fact that he had just seen his friend half naked, but his mind kept jumping back to Lex's 8-pack abs. Pete tried to force it out of his mind, but it kept reappearing, the thought of Lex rubbing his large hands up and down his tanned hairy torso seemed to play on an infinite loop until Pete came a few minutes later. "Woah..." Pete thought as he pulled up his pants and headed over to the showers, "that was a...a..." he didn't know how to finish that thought... His whole body felt amazingly relaxed after he came, but the fact that he was picturing his best friend when he did made him feel a little uneasy. Not wanting to think about the implications of his thoughts Pete just decided to chalk it up to sexual frustration and hop in the showers.... But this wouldn't be the last time Pete thought about Lex while reliving his sexual tensions...


-- 3 months later - Autumn


"God AP Calc is hard!" Pete said slamming his front door and dropping his books on the table. Lex grabbed a protein bar from his bag as Pete walked over to his pantry.

"You're the one who sign up for it idiot" Lex muttered in between bites of the tasteless flax seed. "I know you want to go to Princeton or whatever, but you already have the highest grades in school and your firkin captain of the water polo and swim team."

"It's Yale Lex... I want to go to Yale and I'm not captain...not anymore... I quit yesterday... its too much of a time commitment... I had water polo practice Monday Wednesday Friday and swim over the weekend, not to mention meets and competition's plus working out and training. I'm taking 6 AP classes and have to work at the restaurant... plus college apps are over so they already think I'm captain for the whole year... so theirs no point."

Lex could tell Pete was questioning his choice to quit and he should probably just agree with his best friends choice, but Lex couldn't help but razz him. "Really Pete... you still need exercise ... cant have you porking out on me! Need yah as my wing man at Yale... and were not going to get any chicks if you start waddling around Mr. Hurley."

"*** you!" Pete joked back, taking a calzone out of the freezer and putting it in the microwave. I don't even know if I got in yet... unlike you my father isn't golfing buddies with the dean."

Lex snickered as he chocked down the rest of his flaxseed protein infused lunch. "Yeah, but your GPA is like perfect and your athletic ... or at least you were..." Lex let out a big laugh as Pete pulled the calzone out of the microwave and took a huge bite. "Oh shut it Lex," Pete pulled up his shirt exposing his pale lightly haired abs, "I still got a six pack..."

"It will turn into a Keg if you keep eating food like that..." Both of them laughed and began to get out their homework.

Lex always did Homework at Pete's since Pete was a lot better at studying then Lex and after they were finished they would go to the gym together. But now that Pete was taking harder classes, Lex ended up going by himself most of the time while Pete stress-ate himself into mini food comas and passed out on the couch every night - barley finishing his hours worth of homework. These poor habits marked Pete's senior year and definitely didn't go unnoticed by Lex or his girl friend Sarah...